TY - JOUR

T1 - Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy of biological tissues

AU - Movasaghi, Z.

AU - Rehman, S.

AU - Rehman, I.U.

PY - 2008

Y1 - 2008

N2 - This article reviews some of the recent advances on FTIR spectroscopy in areas related to natural tissues and cell biology. It is the second review publication resulting from a detailed study on the applications of spectroscopic methods in biological studies and summarizes some of the most widely used peak frequencies and their assignments. The aim of these studies is to prepare a database of molecular fingerprints, which will help researchers in defining the chemical structure of the biological tissues introducing most of the important peaks present in the natural tissues. In spite of applying different methods, there seems to be a considerable similarity in defining the peaks of identical areas of the FTIR spectra. As a result, it is believed that preparing a unique collection of the frequencies encountered in FTIR spectroscopic studies can lead to significant improvements both in the quantity and quality of research and their outcomes. This article is the first review of its kind that provides a precise database on the most important FTIR characteristic peak frequencies for researchers aiming to analyze natural tissues by FTIR spectroscopy and will be of considerable assistance to those who are focusing on the analysis of cancerous tissues by FTIR spectroscopy.

AB - This article reviews some of the recent advances on FTIR spectroscopy in areas related to natural tissues and cell biology. It is the second review publication resulting from a detailed study on the applications of spectroscopic methods in biological studies and summarizes some of the most widely used peak frequencies and their assignments. The aim of these studies is to prepare a database of molecular fingerprints, which will help researchers in defining the chemical structure of the biological tissues introducing most of the important peaks present in the natural tissues. In spite of applying different methods, there seems to be a considerable similarity in defining the peaks of identical areas of the FTIR spectra. As a result, it is believed that preparing a unique collection of the frequencies encountered in FTIR spectroscopic studies can lead to significant improvements both in the quantity and quality of research and their outcomes. This article is the first review of its kind that provides a precise database on the most important FTIR characteristic peak frequencies for researchers aiming to analyze natural tissues by FTIR spectroscopy and will be of considerable assistance to those who are focusing on the analysis of cancerous tissues by FTIR spectroscopy.

KW - Analysis of cancer tissues

KW - Biological tissues

KW - Characteristic peak assignments

KW - FTIR spectroscopy

KW - Cytology

KW - Database systems

KW - Fourier transforms

KW - Histology

KW - Infrared spectroscopy

KW - Spectroscopic analysis

KW - Natural tissues

KW - Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

U2 - 10.1080/05704920701829043

DO - 10.1080/05704920701829043

M3 - Journal article

VL - 43

SP - 134

EP - 179

JO - APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY REVIEWS

JF - APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY REVIEWS

SN - 0570-4928

IS - 2

ER -